Valve faces suit alleging role in gambling on video games

[Taciturn]

This might just be the dumbest argument I've seen.

Arekan, nothing will convince Seventh that you're not wasting your time.
Seventh, can't you just respect people's right to waste their money? You don't need to heckle them about it just let them spend.

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[SeventhSandwich]

Seventh, can't you just respect people's right to waste their money? You don't need to heckle them about it just let them spend.

You've made two wrong assumptions here. One, I am not trying to convince Arekan to not waste his time. The reason we're having this conversation is because he came in and acted like hot stuff for wasting his own money and time. Two, time-wasting is completely justifiable when you're doing it for the purpose of entertainment or personal pleasure. I don't have any right to say that I 'don't respect' time wasting, because I waste most of my own time. To me, it sounds like you've jumped in here without any kind of context.

[Rednakin]

Calm down Sev, you're going to end up getting banned for derailing the thread or something.

Take this argument to the PMs or drama. Arekan was originally roostery towards people who complain about microtransactions, because if you're smart enough you can end up getting profit from it. You seemed to freak out a bit over it and you're correct in that he would've made more by washing dishes, but that wasn't the point. There's nothing to discuss here.

[Yosher]

i used to know someone who kept betting over 150 euros on CS:GO games. he kept losing lol

he also complained that his dad beat him for not being able to pay his own bills so i kept telling him to stop gambling and just pay his damn bills, but he didn't listen

[Rally]

Calm down Sev, you're going to end up getting banned for derailing the thread or something.

Seriously man? "Calm down"? He's writing out his points in the most non-inflammatory way perceivable.

[KickFlow]

never forget








probably the most amount of money I've made in 24 hours lol.

[KickFlow]

No, you spent money on a game, and then received more in game items that could conceivably sell for actual money. Have you liquidated any of the items you've traded for? Like, into actual US dollars? If not, you've made no money.

I did this and payed for a few months of bills.

I spent $2.66 on an item and ended up with $1600 lol

[McZealot]

i dont like dumb random chance gimmicks. they probably should be classified as some sort of gambling, especially when people sell them for $$$.

and on arekan's stuff. I'm sure it is possible to make money off the Steam Market, I just don't believe he did it lol

[Taciturn]

You've made two wrong assumptions here. One, I am not trying to convince Arekan to not waste his time. The reason we're having this conversation is because he came in and acted like hot stuff for wasting his own money and time. Two, time-wasting is completely justifiable when you're doing it for the purpose of entertainment or personal pleasure. I don't have any right to say that I 'don't respect' time wasting, because I waste most of my own time. To me, it sounds like you've jumped in here without any kind of context.

I just read 3 pages of context and my only conclusion is that if you don't care that he's wasting his time you two would have stopped hashing it out on page one.

[carolcat]

you're going to end up getting banned for derailing the thread or something.

lol no he won't